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Yesterday β€” 12 February 2026Main stream

Samsung ships priciest AI memory Nvidia ever ordered as HBM4 exceeds key specifications

12 February 2026 at 22:17
The next-gen HBM4 stacks exceed JEDEC and Nvidia specifications with speeds up to 13 Gbps and bandwidth of 3.3 TB/s, while delivering higher energy efficiency, improved thermals, and up to 36 GB capacity per 12‑layer stack. This is the priciest memory Nvidia has ever ordered for AI data center cards, though.

First solid-state battery standard sets performance benchmarks for a flood of 2027 EVs with solid electrolyte battery

12 February 2026 at 19:24
The world’s first solid-state battery standard sets performance, safety, and categorization benchmarks as automakers and cell manufacturers race to commercialize hybrid or all-solid-state electrolyte technologies. Targeting production EVs from 2027 onward, the effort aims to accelerate deployment of safer cells with high energy density while bringing order to a rapidly evolving and strategically important battery technology.

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First sodium-ion battery EV debuts for the mass market after brutal arctic temperature tests

After finishing its cold weather tests at -40 Fahrenheit in Inner Mongolia, the world's biggest battery maker, CATL, and Changan have announced the first mass-market EV with a sodium-ion battery. The sedan can be charged at arctic temperatures, and the Na-ion pack doesn't lose capacity.

Sodium-ion batteries enter winter EV tests as CATL and BYD hedge soaring lithium prices

Real-world passenger car trials of sodium-ion batteries have begun in the unforgiving winter conditions in Inner Mongolia. The world's biggest battery makers have resurrected their commercial Na-ion battery production projects as rocketing lithium prices make them viable again.

Tesla shifts 4680 battery supply from Cybertruck to Model Y with charging speed and repairability implications

Tesla has finally mastered the touted dry electrode production method for its 4680 batteries, helping lower their costs. The dry 4680 battery production lines are now working to equip some Tesla Model Y versions instead of the Cybertruck.

Musk pegs Optimus better than Chinese robots as new Helix 02 humanoid platform opens bottle caps on its own

Elon Musk went on record saying that Optimus is the best humanoid robot outside of China and then some. The American Figure.AI, however, just detailed its new Helix 02 humanoid robot platform with enviable full-body autonomy and finger dexterity.

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